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Riley Walter

Riley Walter

Riley Walter is a crime reporter at The Sydney Morning Herald.

Leah Stewart, pictured with her daughter, was attacked by a great white shark at Coogee.

Coogee shark attack survivor loses arm, family pay tribute

The family of Leah Stewart, 35, say they have been “shocked and devastated” by the attack on the young mother and ocean lover.

  • Riley Walter

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Drone ban lifted at Coogee Beach after woman mauled by shark

The government will work with the Civil Aviation Safety Authority and Surf Life Saving NSW to make the exemption permanent.

  • Amber Schultz, Michael McGowan and Riley Walter
A Sydney man threw his six-year-old daughter into the Parramatta River before jumping in himself in what police believe was a carefully planned murder-suicide.

Father rehearsed murder-suicide over several days, police believe

Cameras at a waterfront property captured the man throwing his six-year-old daughter into the Parramatta River moments before jumping in himself.

  • Riley Walter
Merrylands is the epicentre of Sydney’s violent crime crisis.

The suburb at the epicentre of Sydney’s violent crime crisis

Youth workers are putting themselves between vulnerable teens and the crime families willing to pay them for brazen acts of violence.

  • Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
Moahmmed Skaf escorted from Bankstown Hospital by police. The notorious gang rapist has been accused of directing a group engaged in alleged drug supply.

Notorious gang rapist Mohammed Skaf hospitalised after Sydney arrest

The 42-year-old orchestrated large-scale cocaine trafficking in Sydney’s south-west, police allege.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo, Riley Walter and Perry Duffin
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A shocking attack and a town faced with a difficult question

An alleged home invasion on a beloved elderly couple has residents in the NSW hamlet of Torrington asking how far they can go to defend their properties.

  • Riley Walter
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David James Cooke cannot contact Princess Ingrid Alexandra for two years.

Man who sent card to Norwegian princess arrested after clashing with media

David James Cooke, 63, was on Wednesday banned from contacting Ingrid Alexandra or entering the University of Sydney – where she lives and studies – for two years.

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NSW police officer accused of sexually assaulting, choking ex-wife

A Sydney court heard the officer allegedly told a child who called Triple Zero during one incident: “I will lose my job if you do that.”

  • Michaela Whitbourn and Riley Walter
Senior Coconut Cartel member Lorenzo Lemalu was shot dead in Ho Chi Minh City.

Drug kingpin’s suspected links to Vietnam assassination of Sydney cartel leader

Authorities believe Lorenzo Lemalu’s murder in Ho Chi Minh City is connected to a $120 million methamphetamine seizure.

  • Riley Walter
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Coconut Cartel decapitated as police swoop on alleged Sydney boss

Hundreds of detectives targeted the group, which has been locked in a months-long conflict with the notorious Alameddine family.

  • Riley Walter